{"id":414326,"date":"2022-03-10T01:55:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-opening-moon-sample-collected-nearly-50-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2022-03-10T01:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:55:45","slug":"nasa-opening-moon-sample-collected-nearly-50-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-opening-moon-sample-collected-nearly-50-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA opening Moon sample collected nearly 50 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f31c40b30\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-opening-moon-sample-collected-nearly-50-years-ago\/#%E2%80%9CNASA_opening_Moon_sample_collected_nearly_50_years_ago%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NASA opening Moon sample collected nearly 50 years ago&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNASA_opening_Moon_sample_collected_nearly_50_years_ago%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NASA opening Moon sample collected nearly 50 years ago&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA is in the process of opening a Moon sample that has been vacuumed-sealed for almost 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious sample was collected during the US space agency\u2019s last manned mission to the Moon in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The sample from the Apollo 17 mission will be exactly 50 years old on December 13 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison \u201cJack\u201d Schmitt collected the Moon sample by hammering a 14-inch tube into the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>They also collected another sample that wasn\u2019t sealed.<\/p>\n<p>Both tubes were filled up with Moon rock and dust.<\/p>\n<p>The two samples were brought back to Earth and the one that wasn\u2019t vacuum sealed was opened in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The vacuum-sealed tube is more exciting because it may contain substances called \u2018volatiles\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Volatiles are gases that evaporate at normal temperatures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"One of the Apollo 17 astronauts used a metal pole to collect a sample on the surface of the Moon in 1972.\" class=\"wp-image-21473115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=346 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=115 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>One of the Apollo 17 astronauts used a metal pole to collect a sample on the surface of the Moon in 1972.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>They would have escaped from the unsealed Moon sample tube but they may be present in the vacuum-sealed one.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has waited until now to open the sealed sample because they wanted to take advantage of future <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Lori Glaze, director of the Planetary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Division, explained: \u201cThe agency knew science and technology would evolve and allow scientists to study the material in new ways to address new questions in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Zeigler, the Apollo sample curator, added: \u201cA lot of people are getting excited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUniversity of New Mexico\u2019s Chip Shearer proposed the project over a decade ago, and for the past three years, we\u2019ve had two great teams developing the unique equipment to make it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The careful process of opening the sample has begun.<\/p>\n<p>The outer seal has been opened but the inner seal is still intact.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists will pierce the sample tube first and collect any gases that may be tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (left) and Harrison H. 'Jack' Schmitt were part of the famed Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\" class=\"wp-image-21473116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (left) and Harrison H. \u2018Jack\u2019 Schmitt were part of the famed Apollo 17 mission in 1972.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">HUM Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the gas extraction, the lunar soil and rocks will be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists plan to do this in late spring.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca McDonald, who is leading the project at ESA, said: \u201cEach gas component that is analyzed can help to tell a different part of the story about the origin and evolution of volatiles on the Moon and within the early Solar System.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s scientists look forward to learning more about 'volatiles' gasses inside samples from the Moon.\" class=\"wp-image-21473120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NASA\u2019s scientists look forward to learning more about \u2018volatiles\u2019 gasses inside samples from the Moon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NASA unseals an old Moon sample first collected at the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.\" class=\"wp-image-21473117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nasa-moon-rock-sample-05.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NASA scientists have been very careful with extracting gasses of the old sealed Moon samples.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Markowitz\/NASA-Johnson Space<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The painstaking work is taking place at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston by the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division (ARES).<\/p>\n<p>The center is home to a selection of extraterrestrial samples collected by NASA.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4856232\/nasa-sealed-moon-sample-opened-apollo-17\/\"><em>The Sun<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and was reproduced here with permission.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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